Pritchard v Co-operative Group (CWS) Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted March 31st, 2011 in appeals, damages, law reports, negligence by sally

Pritchard v Co-operative Group (CWS) Ltd[2011] EWCA Civ 329;  [2011] WLR (D)  110

“Where a claimant sued a defendant for damages for the torts of assault and battery then, as a matter of law, the defendant could not assert that there had been contributory negligence on the part of the claimant such that any damages awarded in respect of the assault and battery could be reduced to take account of that contributory negligence.”

WLR Daily,28th March 2011

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